George William Pyke (2 March 1887 – 31 March 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of Robert George Pyke (1853–1929),[2] and Ellen Bryson Pyke (1861-1943),[3] née McKerchar, later Mrs. Samuel Bilston, George William Pyke was born at Ararat, Victoria on 2 March 1887.

He married Eleanor Grace Turner (1887–1960) in 1910.

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.724
  2. ^ Deaths: Pyke, The Age, (Saturday, 26 January 1929), p.13.
  3. ^ Deaths; Bilston (Pike), The Age, (Monday, 6 December 1943), p.5.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pyke_(footballer)
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